The U.S. Air Force's top secret X-37B Space Plane made a not-so-secret return to Earth this morning, landing at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California after an impressive 674 days in orbit. »10/17/14 9:59pm 10/17/14 9:59pm

While it's the International Space Station that tends to take all the glory, there is in fact another: China's Tiangong-1, which went into low-Earth orbit in 2011. In this amazing pictures, you can see it silhouetted against the Sun. »6/26/13 3:50am 6/26/13 3:50am

China is close to launching its own space station. They are preparing the first module, called Tiangong-1 ("heavenly palace"). It will be first of many and it will launch later this year. »7/26/11 11:09pm 7/26/11 11:09pm